25 Battalion

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List of Maps

Facing page
Egypt and Cyrenaica 17
Greece 35
El Alamein 179
Central and Eastern Mediterranean 245
Southern Italy 319
Northern Italy 449
In text Page
6 Brigade rearguard at Elasson, 18 April 1941 44
Brallos Pass and Thermopylae, 24 April 1941 51
Point 175, 23 November 1941 104
The Advance to Tobruk, 23 – 27 November 1941 139
Eastern Mediterranean 166
El Mreir, 22 July 1942 190
25 Battalion positions, Alam Nayil, August 1942 208
5 and 6 Brigade positions, dawn 24 October 1942 224
Left Hook at El Agheila 249
Wadi Matratin: Probable positions, 7 a.m., 16 December 1942 251
Left Hook at Mareth 272
Platoon positions at Point 201, 7 a.m., 22 March 1943 276
Tebaga Gap, 26 – 27 March 1943 283
25 Battalion position north-east of Takrouna, 20 – 22 April 1943 296
Sangro RiverOrsogna area, November 1943 – January 1944 326
25 Battalion positions, 28 November 1943 334
Advance to Castelfrentano, 28 November – 2 December 1943 338
The attack on Orsogna, 3 December 1943 343
5 and 6 Brigades' attack, 7 December 1943 352
5 Brigade's attack, 15 December 1943 357
New Zealand dispositions north of Route 6, 24 February 1944 379

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Cassino 380
Cassino, night 23 – 24 March 1944 417
25 Battalion positions at San Pietro and Terelle, April-May 1944 423
From Cassino to Balsorano 437
Monte Lignano: 25 Battalion positions, 13 – 15 July 1944 447
The Cerbaia sector, 28 July – 6 August 1944 462
Montelupo, 7 – 15 August 1944 472
Advance to Rio Fontanaccia, 23 – 24 September 1944 486
From the Fontanaccia to the Uso, 24 – 26 September 1944 494
25 Battalion positions, 26 – 27 September and 5 – 6 October 1944 510
4 Armoured Brigade's attack to the Savio, 19 – 20 October 1944 520
Faenza Sector: 25 Battalion positions, 15 – 22 December 1944, and 6 Brigade's attack, 19 – 20 December 540
25 Battalion positions, 31 December 1944 – 27 January 1945 567
Attack across the Senio River, 9 – 10 April 1945 588
6 Brigade's advance from the Senio, 9 – 27 April 1945 595
From Padua to the Piave 616

The occupations given in the biographical footnotes are those on enlistment. The ranks are those held on discharge or at the date of death.

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Title: 25 Battalion

Author: Puttick, Lieutenant-General Sir Edward

Publication details: Historical Publications Branch, 1960, Wellington

Part of: The Official History of New Zealand in the Second World War 1939–1945

This text is the subject of: ‘Something of Them Is Here Recorded’: Official History in New Zealand

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